Tag Archives: repair

Fun with Dell Laptop WiDI

Posted on July 5, 2015 by dave

I was messing around with the WiDi driver to stream the Grateful Dead show tonite and disabled the Intel Video driver. At this point, the machine started up, did POST, did the swirly page and then a blue dim (not … Continue reading →

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Dirty Printer Test Page

Posted on April 12, 2015 by dave

I started getting vertical dark lines in my ADF scans on the the highly great Canon MF4570dw Laser/Multifunction. Use this to determine location of small bits of dust on your scans. Then clean the glass under the ADF guide, slide … Continue reading →

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The Genius Continues : Instructable : Replacing the shock absorber in a Felco 7 Pruner

Posted on October 11, 2011 by dave

See my Instructable if you are rebuilding a Felco 7 Pruner…

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Burnt Teapot

Posted on January 9, 2010 by dave

So I started the teapot up today, and went downstairs to check one thing. Ten minutes later I came up and there was no whistle. After checking the teapot, there was no water. With our old crappy teapot, I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Weller WTCPN Repair

Posted on December 23, 2007 by dave

I got a free day off today — and it’s too darn cold outside — so time to attack a few jobs that have been neglected. First was my old Weller WTCPN soldering station that I inherited from several jobs … Continue reading →

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